A group of eight companies signed a charter urging governments and other organizations to implement stronger measures to protect against cyberattacks, Bloomberg reports. The companies, including Siemens AG, IBM and Airbus SE, aim to bolster the safeguards in place for the digital systems controlling hospitals and factories, while setting a standard for organizations to use to find business partners they can trust. “If companies along the value chain share their experiences, then we can prevent a lot of things,” Siemens Chief Executive Officer Joe Kaeser said. “If you haven’t established a certain set of elements, then you’re not part of it. There has to be a unified approach.”
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